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100 1  Pugh, Gillian. 
245 10 London's Forgotten Children :|bThomas Coram and the 
       Foundling Hospital /|cGilliam Pugh. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe History Press,
       |c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    1 online resource (192 pages) 
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520    In 1739 Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of 
       children dying on the dung heaps of London. These children,
       mostly foundlings and orphans, were products of a poverty-
       stricken society where the attitude towards babies born 
       outside of wedlock meant a life of rejection and 
       inferiority. After seventeen years of campaigning, Coram 
       managed to persuade sufficient 'persons of quality and 
       distinction' to support his petition to the king to grant 
       a Royal Charter for the building of the Foundling Hospital
       in Bloomsbury. Over the next few years, children were 
       brought to the Foundling Hospital for shelter. There they 
       were provided with excellent healthcare and an education 
       fit for their station in life, before apprenticing the 
       boys to learn a trade and the girls to domestic service. 
       This fascinating history of the first children's charity 
       charts the rise of this incredible institution, and 
       examines the attitude towards foundlings as illegitimate 
       children over the years. Reliving the experience through 
       the voices of past members of the hospital, this book is a
       fascinating social history of one of London's worst cases 
       of poverty. 
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600 10 Coram, Thomas,|d1668?-1751. 
610 20 Foundling Hospital (London, England)|xHistory. 
650  0 Foundlings|zEngland|zLondon. 
650  7 HISTORY / General.|2bisacsh 
651  0 London (England)|xSocial conditions|y18th century. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aPugh, Gillian.|tLondon's forgotten 
       children.|dStroud : Tempus, 2007.|z9780752442440 (hbk.) :
       |w(Uk)013629503 
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